TY - JOUR
T1 - Geometric phase in entangled systems
T2 - A single-neutron interferometer experiment
AU - Sponar, S.
AU - Klepp, J.
AU - Loidl, R.
AU - Filipp, S.
AU - Durstberger-Rennhofer, K.
AU - Bertlmann, R. A.
AU - Badurek, G.
AU - Rauch, H.
AU - Hasegawa, Y.
PY - 2010/4/30
Y1 - 2010/4/30
N2 - The influence of the geometric phase on a Bell measurement, as proposed by Bertlmann [Phys. Rev. A 69, 032112 (2004)] and expressed by the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) inequality, has been observed for a spin-path-entangled neutron state in an interferometric setup. It is experimentally demonstrated that the effect of geometric phase can be balanced by a change in Bell angles. The geometric phase is acquired during a time-dependent interaction with a radiofrequency field. Two schemes, polar and azimuthal adjustment of the Bell angles, are realized and analyzed in detail. The former scheme yields a sinusoidal oscillation of the correlation function S, dependent on the geometric phase, such that it varies in the range between 2 and 2√2 and therefore always exceeds the boundary value 2 between quantum mechanic and noncontextual theories. The latter scheme results in a constant, maximal violation of the Bell-like CHSH inequality, where S remains 2√2 for all settings of the geometric phase.
AB - The influence of the geometric phase on a Bell measurement, as proposed by Bertlmann [Phys. Rev. A 69, 032112 (2004)] and expressed by the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) inequality, has been observed for a spin-path-entangled neutron state in an interferometric setup. It is experimentally demonstrated that the effect of geometric phase can be balanced by a change in Bell angles. The geometric phase is acquired during a time-dependent interaction with a radiofrequency field. Two schemes, polar and azimuthal adjustment of the Bell angles, are realized and analyzed in detail. The former scheme yields a sinusoidal oscillation of the correlation function S, dependent on the geometric phase, such that it varies in the range between 2 and 2√2 and therefore always exceeds the boundary value 2 between quantum mechanic and noncontextual theories. The latter scheme results in a constant, maximal violation of the Bell-like CHSH inequality, where S remains 2√2 for all settings of the geometric phase.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.042113
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.042113
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77951713047
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 81
JO - Physical Review A
JF - Physical Review A
IS - 4
M1 - 042113
ER -